The Tacoma Rainiers lost the first game of their best-of-five playoff series against Sacramento last night. The key play, as reported by TNT’s Don Ruiz, was a first-inning fly ball that Tacoma LF Prentice Redman stopped chasing because he thought CF Jerry Owens had called him off. In fact, Owens was telling him that he had room.
“I just need to clear the peanut butter out of my ears,” Redman told Ruiz after the game.
Tacoma starter Chris Seddon absorbed the loss.
Game 2 is tonight at 7 p.m. Chad Reineke (9-4, 4.75 ERA) will pitch for Sacramento. Garrett Olson (2-3, 4.94) pitches for the Rainiers.